Beginners Linux

[KenSr]

I want to try Linux. Which version would be best to start with?

Thanks
Ken

 

[Crusty]

Even though this question gets answered roughly 20 times a day, Redhat or Mandrake.

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: MCrusty
Even though this question gets answered roughly 20 times a day, Redhat or Mandrake.

*cough*Fedora*cough*

 

[chsh1ca]

RedHat is gone from freedom. Fedora is very buggy at the moment from all I've heard, although I've not tried it myself.

Basically Mandrake, or if you don't mind shelling out for it, SuSE.

 

[dzt]

fedora is fine, and faster than redhat 9. not so buggy as people imagine.
but just like redhat, you'll have to instal some rpm to play mp3 and access ntfs drives.

if you just want to try a little, use knoppix 3.2

 

[Nothinman]

RedHat is gone from freedom

No it's not, you still get the source when you buy the enterprise editions and all the SRPMs are on their site free for download.

 

[lowtech1]

Get yourself a great book for beginner -- Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!

And try Mandrake, Redhat, Suse. The other avenue is to try live CD distros such as Knoppix, Gnoppix or PCLinuxOS.

 

[Spyro]

There really should be a FGA for this FAQ :-/